Once a Doormat Now Untouchable (Caleb and Sydney) novel Chapter 570

Chapter 570

Chapter 570

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On the other end of the line, Megan stepped onto the balcony. She losed the soundproof door behind her and looked down at the empty backyard while a faint smile tugged at her lips. “I’m afraid. But you won’t be.”

People who couldn’t obtain what they wanted always looked the most pathetic. She had already handed Caleb an opportunity on a silver platter and did not believe he would refuse it.

Inside the car, Caleb started the engine. His gaze sharpened. “I’ll ask one more time. Where are you?”

His patience was nothing like the rumors suggested. He had no interest in games.

Megan remained unhurried. She rested one hand on the railing. “Where I am does not matter. What matters is that I left the antidote at the Hampton estate.”

“The old estate?” His reaction flickered with surprise.

She laughed lightly. “Yes, the old estate. Mr. Hampton, I’ll give you a friendly reminder. This is your last chance to win back what you lost.”

Her manicured finger tapped the railing. Her tone had an almost cheerful lift. “Opportunities don’t wait.”

She was about to hang up when Caleb cut straight through her theatrics. “What do you gain from this?”

‘Gain?’ A flash of hard malice slid through Megan’s eyes. ‘There are plenty of gains, far too many to speak aloud.’

“If Sydney gets back together with you, the space beside Julian opens up,” she answered without hesitation.

She had never bothered to hide her motives regarding Julian. Caleb had heard hints of them before.

He gave a humorless smile. “That space was empty for years. Yet I never saw you capable of filling it.”

The mockery in his voice hit her deepest sore spot. Rage shot up her spine. She drew a sharp breath to retaliate, but the line cut off.

Her fingers clenched the railing. A sharp crack sounded. One of her nails had snapped clean in half, and blood welled along the edge.

She did not notice. Her eyes burned with jealousy and hatred.

‘Why?!’

Even though she had grown up alongside the Hutton family, they always looked down on her. They poured their time and effort into searching for Vivian. It was always Vivian. After so many years all they cared about was Vivian.

Even an outsider like Caleb thought she could not compare to Sydney. Other than the fact that she carried Hutton blood, what made that wretched woman superior?

If she was not as good, it did not matter. She would not need to compare herself to a dead woman for long.

Back in the ward, Sydney sat beside the bed and called the research institute for an update.

When she ended the call, she felt a faint, persistent gaze brushing over her. She turned and caught Julian staring straight at her. “Why are you looking at me?”

He replied without shame. “Just looking.”

In recent weeks, he had noticed how much she had grown. At work, she stood on her own. In life, she protected the people she cared about. Earlier, she had defended him so openly. It was the first time he had ever known what it felt like to be shielded by

someone else.

Sydney was still lost in thoughts about the antidote. Her reply cam out perfunctory. “Then look.”

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She lowered her head and continued working. Julian let her focus short while later, the ward door pushed open.

Marcus walked in, plucked her phone out of her hands, and passed to Julian. “I’ll stay with her tonight. You two should go home and sleep properly.”

Sydney frowned. “I should stay.”

“It Alan hears that I let a pregnant woman take the night shift by herself, he will scold me until next year,” Marcus said in a dry tone as he guided her up from the chair. “Go on. I’ll call you the moment anything changes.”

Forced to her feet, she still tell easy.

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